Then three sets of eyes widened in panicky reaction, and three mouths started to curse or shout something.
Gordon felt overwhelmed by dread, a panicky reaction.
Another story the same day alludes to the panicky reactions of students and parents when "shot down" by colleges.
For example an account of a vague pass made by one of Leila's professors and her panicky reaction.
Even their obviously cold, unfriendly, panicky reaction to his sudden appearance had not put him on guard.
The isolated cases of panicky reactions may have had little to do with technology.
And consider the panicky reaction - so far atypical - of Marietta Ginocchio.
The driver was stepping out of the cab, opening fire with a shotgun, but the blast was a panicky first reaction.
There is another reason to change your panicky, urgent reactions to negative feelings.
"I detect no inclination to pull out in a panicky reaction to this week's events," a senior Administration official said of the President's mood.